[281] Corner spikes

So, something you can do with spikes:



This floating spike will do damage to players who fall on it, despite not being attached to a solid block, because players who fall on it will still hit a solid block: the corner of a block next to it.


You can use this to make, for instance, cost efficient unsurvivable spike pits. They are also difficult to completely disable as builder.


(kudos to Bracket for dying in the name of science. SCIENCE.)

There's a lot of gimmicks to this, like some directional bias to putting the spikes on the left, the elevator glitch allowing you to jump out or squeezing you in this space, spacing out the spikes, randomly getting hit even when there are teambridges changing the orientation of the spikes, placing spikes on the right as well or not, knight's gliding slowly enough to avoid getting damage or something...

Anyway you can make it basically team safe, just remind them to hold left when they come back up after picking up dropped materials.

old thinger

 

It's the elevator glitch that makes this work well, and the elevator glitch that makes it work poorly. Go figure.

 

I feel that I deserve more kudos for putting the trapdoors in the indents. For science.

 

Kudos to Backet for also putting trapdoors in the indents for science and informing me that teammates won't die on them despite the spikes looking like they were facing in a stabby direction.

Also you know how putting spikes on the left and right didn't pan out? Well alternating them, spike left stone right, spike right stone left, undoes that. Maybe something like this:

 

OoooOOoohhh. Nice. I think I'll add those on to my future lulz bunkers/Maginots. :D

Edit: Also thanks for showing Screencast-O-Matic. It looks awesome and just what I've always wanted. :3

 

No reason, yes, no.

Just pretend it's a text on a white background that says "You can do corner spikes with team doors"

 

Okay this is great, and I built a few structures using this concept. I do not believe there is a limit to the use of these


this is great, because if the enemy ever gets into your tent base, they die before they can get the flag. Of course, if I lowered the spikes 1 tile a builder would have a harder time disabling them, but this is just an example.


this one looks like fun to me, it uses one of my favorite archer perches, though I built it in an unfinished manner. just to show the concept.
the red circle indicates where the enemy will DIE. The blue circle is the repairable steps area, you can make this thicker with team doors like Strathos has done on his "way of the builder" guide. However I did not, and this is a quick example.


I can't wait to do more testing, FOR SCIENCE!

 

I'm curious what's in your head, Acavado. Is this just like "Really nice day, time to invent new spikes for the latest patches."?

 

this is ... awesomeness... make more plz

 

You are truly one of the great builders of our time.

Also, you must've typo'd while posting the topic name. Shouldn't they be "Acavado Corner Spikes"?

 

Corner, or "AIR SPIKES" is probably a sufficient name for them. Besides, Acavado Corner Spikes seems like too long of a name for something so awesome. =S

I'm also working on the simplest form of this in a tower . . . Still testing though.

 

I did a lot of testing to see by what effect this worked but ended up even more confused.

 

The air spikes were for build 228, a lot has changed since build 228, but I believe that this-(corner spikes) stems from the same mechanics that led to air spikes in build 228.

 

I think you're right.

I'm sorry Wyeth, I didn't read or understand your post thoroughly :<

 

eh how are spikes supposed to work as whenever i walk into them i die

 

if you ever fight in such a tower, you're pretty fucked when forced to retreat.

 

This is true . . . But I've been working on a "spammable" version of this, so if you loose forward, just retreat 9 tiles back to your next fortification! =S

Hint:it is sometimes worth it to make another fortification 9+ tiles back from forward when the enemy rushes hard.